Word: commitment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...master of a world-class wine cellar in his home outside Ludwigshafen, he also admits a fondness for television westerns and pizza. Recalling their eleven-year courtship, his wife Hannelore says, "I got three to four letters a week from him, amounting to over 2,000. He does not commit himself easily. But when he does, you can depend on him." It is perhaps just that sort of dependability that West Germans want from their next Chancellor...
Today, as never before, thoughtful discussion of imprisonment does not stick to a sweet-sounding party line. It has been discovered, for example, that a small number of criminals commit an inordinate percentage of violent crime. Therefore, many states have introduced "career criminal" programs that successfully concentrate on locking away those habitual offenders. Such clarity of vision is already permitting a careful?and, yes, hopeful?assessment of exactly what prisons can and cannot be expected to do. Prisons are a mess, but they may not be irretrievable. Rather, a new, sober set of hopes is required. Prisons can be made...
...bill without a single Democratic vote, House Democratic leaders refused to take the bill to the House floor. Instead, they went directly into a Senate-House conference committee, where the package was being prepared for probable consideration in both chambers this week. Most House Republicans refused to commit themselves to support a bill that they had not been allowed to shape...
...month Gaddafi issued a public message to the Palestinian leaders promising that Libya "will place all of its resources at the disposal of Syria and the Palestinian resistance." Those resources have turned out to be mostly words of encouragement, plus some fraternal advice from Gaddafi: "I advise you to commit suicide rather than to accept disgrace. Your suicide will immortalize the cause of Palestine for future generations. Your blood is the fuel of the revolution. . . Let suicide be the priority. It is the road to victory...
...want him asking for bail," Fagan persisted. "I'd rather go back to the cells." Detective Chief Superintendent Trevor Lloyd-Hughes agreed, warning that Fagan might skip trial, commit other crimes or hurt himself. "His present state of mind is such that his movements and actions are totally unpredictable," the policeman said. "He has serious personal problems and has suicidal tendencies. He has twice tried to slash his wrists, and the marks are still to be seen...